Tidal inlet response to sediment infilling of the associated bay and possible implications of human activities: The Marennes-Oléron Bay and the Maumusson Inlet, France

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1115-1131

  Bertin, Xavier ^a   Chaumillon, Eric ^a   Sottolichio, Aldo ^b   Pedreros, Rodrigo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c Bur Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (France)

Author keywords

Oyster farming; Tidal bay infilling; Tidal inlet; Tidal prism

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL INLET;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARENNES-OLERON BAY; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15944416180     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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